Zonisamide: Antihyperalgesic efficacy, the role of serotonergic receptors on efficacy in a rat model for painful diabetic neuropathy
2014
Bektas, Nurcan | Arslan, Rana | Öztürk, Yusuf
The purpose of this study was to compare the changes of antihyperalgesic effectiveness of zonisamide (25 and 50mg/kg), an antiepileptic drug, on the early and late phases of neuropathy and to investigate the role of serotonergic descending inhibitory pain pathways in antihyperalgesic effectiveness of zonisamide in the streptozotocin-induced rat model for painful diabetic neuropathy.The hot-plate and tail-immersion, to determine thermal thresholds, and paw pressure withdrawal tests, to determine mechanical thresholds, were performed as hyperalgesia tests. To investigate the role of serotonergic pathway, 1mg/kg ketanserin (5-HT2A/2C antagonist) and ondansetron (serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist) were used.Zonisamide enhanced pain thresholds significantly in the 3rd, 6th and 8th weeks as the reference drugs morphine (5mg/kg) and carbamazepine (32mg/kg, tested only in the 3rd week). There were no observed differences on the potency of antihyperalgesic effect between weeks and between doses. Each antagonist reversed the effect of zonisamide in the hot-plate and tail-immersion tests significantly, but, relatively in the paw pressure withdrawal tests.These results support the role for zonisamide in the management of diabetic neuropathic pain in all phases. Serotonin 5-HT2A/2C and 5-HT3 receptors are involved in the antihyperalgesic effect of zonisamide by enhancement of thermal threshold, and partially by mechanical threshold, so they may not mediate mechanical hyperalgesia in diabetic neuropathy.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by National Agricultural Library